An Aerial View travel guide

Do you need to apply before you fly?

A growing number of African countries now ask you to apply for entry permission online before you travel, even without a visa. Miss it and you can be turned away at boarding.

Pick your passport and where you're going to see exactly what you need, with the full list of who gets in visa-free, who gets a visa on arrival and who must apply first.

Needs one

Seychelles

Compulsory for everyone

Needs nothing

Rwanda

No visa for any African passport

Your passport

Where you're going

Choose your passport to see your own answer, or read the rules for every passport below.

Entering Sierra Leone

What each African passport needs.

No visa
up to 90 days · 14 countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, The Gambia, Togo
Visa on arrival
up to 30 days · USD 25 · 30 countries
All others: Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Gabon
Get a visa when you land at Freetown airport, or at the Jendema or Gbalamuya land borders. You can also apply online first.
Visa on arrival
Free · 6 countries
Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius
Apply online first
3 countries
Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia

Official site: evisa.sl. Lists from Visa policy of Sierra Leone, checked 2026-11-05. Covers ordinary passports only.

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All 54 countries we cover

This page is a starting point for planning, not legal or immigration advice. Always confirm with the destination country or your airline before you travel.

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